🐦 Away Thrashers 6-19-6 before this game

2–5

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 16-14-2 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
ATL	1	1	0	2
WSH	2	1	2	5

Thrashers at Capitals

Capitals beat Thrashers 5–2 at Capital One Arena on December 15, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Dec 15, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Peter Bondra

2 G

7 shots · 19:58 TOI · +3

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Jaromir Jagr

2 G

5 shots · 19:44 TOI · -1

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Sergei Gonchar

2 A

9 shots · 20:13 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Jaromir Jagr Go-ahead 1st · 07:38

Assists: Adam Oates, Sergei Gonchar · beat Milan Hnilicka

0–1

🐦 Patrik Stefan Tying 1st · 12:08

Assists: Chris Tamer · beat Craig Billington

1–1

🦅 Joe Reekie Go-ahead 1st · 19:24

Assists: Glen Metropolit · beat Milan Hnilicka

1–2

2nd period

🐦 Patrik Stefan Tying 2nd · 03:53

Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk · beat Craig Billington

2–2

🦅 Peter Bondra Go-ahead 2nd · 08:01

Assists: Dmitri Khristich, Ken Klee · beat Milan Hnilicka

2–3

3rd period

🦅 Jaromir Jagr PP 3rd · 06:02

Assists: Adam Oates, Sergei Gonchar · beat Milan Hnilicka

2–4

🦅 Peter Bondra 3rd · 12:31

Assists: Chris Simon · beat Milan Hnilicka

2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐦ATL WSH🦅

25 Shots on goal 43

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

14 Hits 19

17 Blocked shots 8

8 Takeaways 10

13 Giveaways 22

4 Penalty minutes 4

ATL shooting 8.0% (2/25) WSH shooting 11.6% (5/43)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐦Thrashers

Milan Hnilicka

38/43

.884 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Craig Billington

23/25

.920 SV% · 2 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Thrashers

Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–3

Thrashers

Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐦Thrashers

L1 Heatley · Kovalchuk · Kallio 18:31

L2 Stefan · Ferraro · Hrkac 17:10

L3 Bartecko · Corkum · Svartvadet 13:46

L4 Simon · Hordichuk · Donovan 10:45

D1 Tremblay · Tamer 21:12

D2 Kaberle · Reirden 19:16

D3 Tjarnqvist · Harlock 17:27

🦅Capitals

L1 Oates · Bondra · Jagr 19:44

L2 Halpern · Khristich · Dahlen 16:57

L3 Simon · Pettinger · Metropolit 15:07

L4 Sacco · Whitfield · Peat 8:21

D1 Witt · Gonchar 20:47

D2 Cote · Kucera 19:24

D3 Klee · Reekie 17:58

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

Dec 6, 2001

🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL

3–3 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ ATL vs WSH, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Capitals on December 15, 2001?

Capitals won 5–2.

What was the final score of Thrashers vs Capitals?

The final score was Thrashers 2, Capitals 5.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Patrik Stefan (2).

Who scored for Capitals?

Jaromir Jagr (2), Peter Bondra (2), Joe Reekie.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Milan Hnilicka made 38 saves on 43 shots (.884 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Craig Billington made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Thrashers vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐦Thrashers

Previous game · Dec 14

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Dec 13

Also on December 15, 2001

Thrashers season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule